This year’s The Maritime Standard Awards will have more than a touch of Bollywood glitz and glamour, as it has been confirmed that actress, model and former Miss Universe, Lara Dutta, will host the event. The Maritime Standard Awards, which recognise excellence and achievement in the shipping, ports and related sectors, take place on Monday 23rd October at the Atlantis, The Palm, Dubai, and Lara’s presence is sure to generate"...

(AETOS Wire)-- The GSMA today announced that multiple global brands including 1-800 CONTACTS, BMW Seattle, Detroit Pistons, MGM Resorts, Multiplus, Subway and Walgreens are showcasing Messaging as a Platform (MaaP) services based on the GSMA’s Universal Profile for Advanced Messaging (UP) at Mobile World Congress Americas. All plan to augment their existing SMS business messaging to Rich Communications Services (RCS) Application-to-Person (A2P) messaging, which creates a richer, more interactive experience for consumers and allows them to engage directly with brands within the messaging platform itself. “Messaging as a Platform and RCS A2P is a huge upgrade on current SMS business messaging and opens up a host of possibilities for millions of brands to change the way they engage directly with consumers,”......

Two East Africans have bagged the inaugural Heineken Africa Inspired Fashion Challenge awards and earned tickets to the continent’s fashion and design festival in Lagos.

According to Heineken East Africa general manager, Uche Unigwe, the two — Lulu Mutuli and Azra Walji— exhibited fine design talents at the three-day event in Nairobi built around creativity and innovation.

The Dockers® Brand Launches “Always On” – A Global Creative Platform from the Leaders in Khaki

September 8, 2017

( AETOS Wire )-- The Dockers® brand announced today the launch of its new brand platform “Always On,” a global campaign developed in collaboration with FCB West, which will appear in September. The “Always On” creative platform inspires men to be ready for anything. From landing a first date to nailing a job interview, Dockers® helps guys prepare for moments that matter most. The fall campaign introduces"...

In the Valley of the Kings, a British archaeologist treaded into a tomb which had known no sounds but the faint frequency of slow putrefaction for 3,000 years.

Archaeologist Howard Carter’s 1922 sojourn into the burial chamber of King Tutankhamun – and all the mystery and mysticism that stemmed from the boy pharaoh’s gold finery and quartzite sarcophagus – came to represent"...

Honored by International Data Group (IDG) and German Industry & Commerce Co., Ltd., TCL was awarded the IFA Intelligent Security Innovation Gold Award for its T-GUARDIAN series air conditioner at IFA 2017 Berlin, the world’s top show of consumer electronics and home appliances.

TCL was also awarded the China Household Appliances Innovation Award for TCL F6 series and T-GUARDIAN series air"...

African Diaspora Fashion: Prince Zamira is a new brand for men and women

August 31, 2017

Prince Zamira is the birth of a dream and the fashion aspirations of Sierra Leonean-American entrepreneur Alhaji Kargbo. When Kargbo was a young boy growing up in West Africa, he always had a taste for button-ups, and all things dapper. He says it was this old love for fine cuts, and tailoring that sowed the seeds for Prince Zamira. However, it wasn’t until he became a father that he was inspired to make PZ a reality. In 2009 when he found out he was going to be a father"...

Black Entrepreneur Spreads the Beauty of African Style with New Fashion Line

August 29, 2017

The hottest trends in African fashion are now just a click away, thanks to Breanna Moore and her fashion line LaBré. Designed to share the unique beauty of West African style with the rest of the world, LaBré’s purpose is to spread the richness and ingenuity of African fashion while simultaneously increasing the economic growth of Ghana.